Prime minister li keqiang's report on the work of the government at the opening of the four twelfth national people's congress reviewed the main work of 2015, summarized the outstanding achievements of the “1205” period, identified the main objectives and major initiatives for economic and social development during the “1305” period, and deployed this year's focus。
In 2015, my country faces multiple difficulties and serious challenges to its development. The party's central and state council unites to lead the nation's peoples with firm confidence and extraordinary courage to overcome their difficulties, to build on their progress and to achieve significant new achievements in economic and social development through policy initiatives such as innovative macro-regulation, deep-rooted decentralization and structural reform, strong incentives for entrepreneurial innovation, transformation and optimization of government functions, and to successfully accomplish the objectives of the “1205” plan。
During the “1205” period, our economy grew by an average of 7. 8 per cent per year, with more than 64 million new jobs in towns and cities; the structure of the economy continues to optimize, with services becoming the largest sector, with consumption becoming the main force underpinning economic growth, with more than half of the population living in towns and cities, with energy consumption falling by 18. 2 per cent per unit of GDP and emissions of major pollutants falling by more than 12 per cent; the level of infrastructure skyrocketing, with more than 60 per cent of the world's high iron miles, building the world's largest fourth generation of mobile communications networks; scientific and technological innovations have made major breakthroughs; and the standard of living of the population has improved significantly and social development has been achieved。
The remarkable achievements of the 12th five-year plan have given us a higher threshold and inspired us to move forward on a new journey. The 13th five-year national programme for economic and social development (pned) has already painted a beautiful picture of the 13th five-year plan: our economic growth averaged more than 6. 5 per cent per year, with more than 50 million new jobs in towns and cities, and more than 9 trillion yuan in 2020, with a marked improvement in the quality and efficiency of development; the contribution of scientific and technological progress to economic growth reaching 60 per cent in 2020, moving towards innovative countries and strong talent; the reduction in water use, energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions by 23 per cent, 15 per cent and 18 per cent, respectively, per unit of GDP in 2020; forest cover reaching 23. 04 per cent; the efficiency of energy resource development; the overall improvement in the quality of the ecological environment; and the construction of a beautiful china with a clear sky, green and clear water ..
At present, the international economy is still in the process of deep adjustment, further highlighting the domestic “triple-plus” paradox and the daunting task of steady growth, structural adjustment, livelihood and risk prevention. In order to guarantee the opening of the 13th five-year plan in 2016 and to advance the structural reform effort, we must firmly establish and implement the five development concepts of “innovation, coordination, greenness, openness and sharing”, strictly implement the overall approach of the “five policy pillars”, balance growth and adjustment structures, focus on strengthening supply-side structural reforms, tackle the “five task” and focus eight-pronged deployments on a series of major policies, projects and projects that support development。
A good vision is in place and concrete safeguards are in place. Under the strong leadership of xi's central party secretary-general, the chinese economy will be able to stabilize, maintain high-speed growth and move towards the middle-high end, as long as it insists on holding on to development-first priorities, vigorously pursuing structural reforms, accelerating the transformation of new and old development dynamics, and maintaining effective administration in accordance with the law. As it is said, china's economic development will fluctuate at once, but in the long run, it will be windy。
(signed): dong xiaowei, wen songhui)
